How about: Transcendental Meditation Effective In Reducing High Blood Pressure, Study Shows
ScienceDaily (Dec. 5, 2007) People with high blood pressure may find relief from transcendental meditation, according to a definitive new meta-analysis of 107 published studies on stress reduction programs and high blood pressure, which will be published in the December issue of Current Hypertension Reports. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071204121953.htm --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can you cite studies that these folks have missed that > do show methodologies and results they would accept > for any meditation practice? > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Vaj" > > <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > > <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj > > <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > Another nice review of meditation research can > > be found in > > > > > The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness, a > > textbook for > > > > > neuroscientists from Cambridge University. > > It's section on > > > > > meditation and neurosceince objectively > > reviews some of the > > > > > exaggerated claims by TM cult researchers, > > esp. the specious > > > > > claim of "coherence" during TM. It turns out > > what they've > > > > > been touting for years now is statistically > > insignificant > > > > > and often seen in normal waking state! > > > > > > > > As Vaj knows but doesn't tell you, there are > > several > > > > *very* serious problems with the treatment of TM > > research > > > > in this study, including that the authors didn't > > bother > > > > to look at the most recent *20 years* of > > research on TM. > > > > > > And of course, this is incorrect. There was TM > > research as > > > recent as the year of publication. > > > > We've already covered this, as you know. Your > > assertion > > is disingenuous. > > > > Again: See posts #168345, #168474, and #168493. > > > > > And of course the study in question only lists the > > studies > > > they specifically refer to! This is part of what > > is known > > > as the APA style, common in almost all research > > for > > > publication. > > > > More disingenuity. The *problem* is that they did > > not > > refer to those later studies *because they did not > > look at them*. > > > > > Really since as early as the 1980's it was known > > and shown--and > > > replicated sometimes as many as 3 times--that TM > > claims were and > > > still are fallacious. > > > > It was not "known and shown" in the 1980s that TM > > claims > > post-1980s are fallacious, obviously. > > > > Again, the Buddhist researchers *did not look at any > > of the TM research* post-1986 in the areas they > > were discussing. > > > > > Really after that was proven and replicated > > repeatedly, there > > > wasn't much reason to emphasize the newer bogus > > research > > > > Obviously, you can't tell whether research is > > bogus until you've examined it. The Buddhist > > researchers did not examine post-1986 TM research. > > > > > but there is absolutely no indication whatsoever > > that these > > > leading researchers are missing anything at all > > worth > > > mentioning. > > > > What an extraordinarily empty assertion. > > > > Again, see my posts #168345, #168474, and #168493. > > > > > Fortunately the Alberta study does show for > > > us the continuing poor quality as it does show > > that TM > > > research still is pretty much still just bad > > marketing > > > research. > > > > Unfortunately, Vaj fails to mention that the Alberta > > study found that *all* research on the 11 different > > practices studied (including Vipassana, Mindfulness, > > Zen, and TM) was of what it deemed to be "poor > > quality." > > > > The point of that study was to point out that > > meditation research *as a whole* needs to be refined > > and improved. Here's the conclusion: > > > > "The field of research on meditation practices and > > their > > therapeutic applications is beset with uncertainty. > > The > > therapeutic effects of meditation practices cannot > > be > > established based on the current literature. Further > > research needs to be directed toward the ways in > > which > > meditation may be defined, with specific attention > > paid > > to the kinds of definitions that are created. A > > clear > > conceptual definition of meditation is required and > > operational definitions should be developed. The > > lack of > > high-quality evidence highlights the need for > > greater care > > in choosing and describing the interventions, > > controls, > > populations, and outcomes under study so that > > research > > results may be compared and the effects of > > meditation > > practices estimated with greater reliability and > > validity. Firm conclusions on the effects of > > meditation > > practices in healthcare cannot be drawn based on the > > available evidence. It is imperative that future > > studies > > on meditation practices be rigorous in the design, > > execution, analysis, and reporting of the results." > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >
